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Imitate Email vs SMTP Debug Tool
Focuses on testing and debugging SMTP connections only, without an embedded viewer.
Imitate EmailMakes building and testing email functionality awesome!
SMTP Debug ToolTest and debug your SMTP connection. Quickly and for free. Which to pick
Pick Imitate Email if you want…
- Embedded email sandbox with viewer
- Integrations with SMTP, IMAP or POP3 (on Imitate Email's list, not SMTP Debug Tool's)
Pick SMTP Debug Tool if you want…
- 3-in-1 SMTP testing and debugging
- SMTP debugging
- A free tool
- Integrations with Amazon SES, SendGrid or Mailgun (on SMTP Debug Tool's list, not Imitate Email's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Imitate Email:Imitate Email provides a sandbox SMTP/IMAP server with an embeddable email viewer for testing email flows.
- SMTP Debug Tool:A free web tool to test, proxy, and blackhole SMTP connections with real-time session logs.
- Best for
- Imitate Email:Embedded email sandbox with viewer
- SMTP Debug Tool:3-in-1 SMTP testing and debugging
- Who it’s for
- Imitate Email:Developers and QA teams building email-based features.
- SMTP Debug Tool:Developers and engineers who need to debug email sending setups.
- Pricing
- Imitate Email:Freemium
- SMTP Debug Tool:Free
- Plans
- Imitate Email:Free $0 · Developer $7/mo per month · Starter $15/mo per month · Team $39/mo per month · Business $149/mo per month
- SMTP Debug Tool:—
- Works with
- Imitate Email:SMTP, IMAP, POP3, Firefox extension, Chrome extension
- SMTP Debug Tool:Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Sendinblue, Google SMTP, Elastic Email, SMTP2GO, UniOne
Imitate Email features
- Embedded Email Viewer. Show received emails inside your app via a one-line JS snippet or browser extension.
- Sandbox SMTP Server. Send emails to a safe server using standard SMTP from any language.
- Programmatic IMAP/POP3 & WebSockets. Access emails programmatically for integration tests.
- Login-less Authentication. Pre-authenticate users so they can view emails without an account.
- Responsive Email Tools. Toggle images, view raw text and check deliverability within the viewer.
- Multi-Project Mailboxes. Create separate mailboxes per project, environment or user with permission controls.
- Browser Extensions. Firefox and Chrome extensions add the viewer without code changes.
- Custom Branding (paid plans). Unbranded widget can be re-branded to match your product.
SMTP Debug Tool features
- SMTP Test. Run a quick SMTP session in the browser and view the full conversation log.
- SMTP Proxy. Log an existing SMTP connection between your app and mail provider for error analysis.
- SMTP Blackhole. Create a safe test session without exposing real credentials, capturing logs only.
- Real-time logs. See live, detailed logs of every SMTP command and response.
- No login required. All core functions are accessible without registration.
- Extended parameters for logged-in users. Add subject, HTML body, and extra headers, and raise hourly limits.
Imitate Email vs SMTP Debug Tool FAQ
Is Imitate Email or SMTP Debug Tool free?+
Imitate Email has a free plan; paid plans start at $7/month (Developer). SMTP Debug Tool is free.
Which is cheaper, Imitate Email or SMTP Debug Tool?+
SMTP Debug Tool is free, so it costs less. Imitate Email starts at $7/month (Developer).
Do Imitate Email and SMTP Debug Tool integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Imitate Email lists SMTP, IMAP, POP3, Firefox extension and 1 more; SMTP Debug Tool lists Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Sendinblue and 4 more.
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Imitate Email
14 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 17, 2023
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